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Although the general deadline to submit an application for the 2025-2026 school year was February 28, 2025, a limited number of schools will continue to accept applications. Contact schools directly for application deadlines, lottery dates, and waitlist information.

The following schools participate in the Boston Charter Public School Application: Academy of the Pacific Rim, Boston Collegiate Charter School, Boston Prep Charter Public School, Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, Bridge Boston Charter School, Brooke Charter School, Codman Academy Charter Public School, Conservatory Lab Charter School, Excel Academy Charter School, KIPP Academy Boston Charter School, Match Charter Public School, Neighborhood House Charter School, Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea, and Roxbury Preparatory Charter School.

If you are also interested in applying to a Boston Horace Mann charter public school, you must complete a separate application form for each Horace Mann charter public school. Applications can also be obtained from BPS Welcome Centers, each school location, or from each school’s website: Boston Day and Evening Academy, Boston Green Academy, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers and UP Academy Dorchester.

If you are interested in applying to any other Boston Public Schools, you must first register at a BPS Welcome Center. You can learn more about all of the Boston Public Schools through the Discover BPS Tool.

Prospective charter public school students must be residents of Massachusetts to apply for admission and to attend a charter public school in Massachusetts.

For entry to K1 (pre-kindergarten), prospective students must be age 4 on or before September 1 of the school year. For entry to K2 (kindergarten), students must be age 5 on or before September 1 of the school year. For schools with grade levels other than K1 or K2, you may need to demonstrate completion of the previous grade prior to enrollment, depending on the school. For more information, please refer to the specific enrollment policies of the schools to which you are applying.

Participating schools do not require potential students or their families to attend interviews or informational meetings as a condition of application, admission, and attendance. 603 CMR 1.05(3)(a).

Participating schools do not administer tests to potential applicants or predicate acceptance for admission on results from any test of ability or achievement. 603 CMR 1.05(3)(a).

Students with diverse learning needs (including students who may have disabilities, require special education services, or are English language learners) have the right to attend a charter public school and to receive appropriate accommodations and support services. Information regarding the availability of services for students is available here and on each participating school’s website. This notice will be made available in the native language of the parents or guardians.

The charter public schools using the online Boston Charter Public School Application do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, homelessness, special needs, English language proficiency or foreign language proficiency, athletic ability or prior academic achievement.

Any and all information requested in the Boston Charter School Application is not intended, and will not be used, to discriminate.

Siblings of students currently attending the school(s) you are applying to receive a preference for admission over non-siblings at the time an offer is made. “Sibling” is defined as persons who have a common parent, either biologically or legally through adoption.

Residents of Boston applying to charter public schools that serve Boston receive preference for admission over non-residents who do not live in Boston.

Residents of Chelsea applying to either Excel Academy Charter School or Brooke Charter School receive preference for admission over residents who do not live in either Chelsea or Boston. 

In accordance with their charter public school’s enrollment policy, please note that Excel and Brooke may assign students to a specific campus for reasons related to geographic proximity, student safety, or program delivery. 603 CMR 1.05(13).

Residents of Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, and Revere will receive preference for admission to Phoenix Chelsea over residents who do not live in that school’s sending region.

Proof of residency must be presented to the charter public school at the time an offer of admission is made. If a school receives false residency information, the application may be deemed invalid. For more information, please refer to the specific enrollment policies of the schools to which you are applying.

The following documents may be used to prove residency: a utility bill (not water or cell phone) dated within the past 60 days; a deed, mortgage payment dated within the past 60 days, or property tax bill dated within the last year; a current lease, Section 8 Agreement, or landlord affidavit; a W2 form dated within the year or a payroll stub dated within the past 60 days; a bank or credit card statement dated within the past 60 days; or a letter from an Approved Government Agency dated within the past 60 days (includes the Departments of Revenue (DOR), Children and Family Services (DCF), Transitional Assistance (DTA), Youth Services (DYS), Social Security, any communications on Commonwealth of Massachusetts letterhead). These may not apply to students who are homeless.

All students considered to be homeless are able to apply to charter public schools in Massachusetts. For the purposes of receiving residential preference for admission, schools should consider all applications from homeless students on a case-by-case basis to determine where they live.